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Siniktanneyak--East

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003409
MRDS ID A106165
Record type Site
Current site name Siniktanneyak--East

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.30368, 68.33955 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is locality 5 of Nelson and others (1979, p. B15), in T34N, R2E; on nose of prominent ridge between two major tributaries of Makpik Creek draining eastern part of Siniktanneyak massif; located to within 1 mi (1.6 km).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Pass B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Howard Pass SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Howard Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Noatak National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.30368, 68.33955
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The occurrence is in a 6 ft (1.8 m) wide, orange-weathering, pyritiferous feldspathic dike? in pillow basalt that structurally underlies a Jurassic? mafic/ultramafic complex.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Colville

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Mineralized sample contains 20 ppm Ag, 5000 ppm Ba, and 300 ppm Cu (Nelson and others, 1979, p. B14-16).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Nelson, S.W., Nokleberg, W.J., Miller-Hoare, M., and Mullen M.W., 1979, Siniktanneyak Mountain ophiolite, in Johnson, K.M. and Williams, J.R., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments during 1978: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 804-B, p. B14-B16

  • Deposit

    Nelson, S.W., Nokleberg, W.J., Miller-Hoare, M., and Mullen M.W., 1979, Siniktanneyak Mountain ophiolite, in Johnson, K.M., and Williams, J.R., eds., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska--Accomplishments during 1978: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 804-B, p. B14-B16

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Nelson and others (1979)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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